Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:31:28 +0200 From: Thomas Spreng <spreng@socket.ch> To: indunil <indunil@stafford.lk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help !!!!! Message-ID: <41233E10.3070004@socket.ch> In-Reply-To: <001801c48513$55826be0$bdc8c8c8@indunil> References: <001801c48513$55826be0$bdc8c8c8@indunil>
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hi, please be more specific when asking a question. Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ about how to ask question on this list. as a second note, read the User Account Management documentation (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html). > I installed FREEBSD 5.2.1. I can telnet to Free BSD box from Windows 2000 > client. I can telnet to it with my USERNAME and PASSWORD. Then I want to be > root. So I issue SU - ( or SU - root). then FreeBSD box asks me the > password (root's password ). > when I give root's password, FreeBSD box does not accept . Why ? Pls help me > ... it's a very bad idea to use telnet for obvious security reasons. Use ssh. Please note that toor and root both have a password of their own and you'll have to be in their group in order to su. Cheers
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